Ashenhurst, Williams & Company
| Ashenhurst, Williams & Company Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1913 or earlier |
| resolution | 1982 |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Ashenhurst, Williams & Company was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The Dublin company is first mentioned in 1913. 1919 took over the sales of trucks of Leyland Motors on. On March 14, 1935, reported that a passenger car brand Crossley was mounted, the 1937, another follows. From 1939 at the latest there was a connection to Citroën and its British assembly plant, Citroën UK. 1951, the assembly of Citroën automobiles began. The parts came from England . Car production ended in 1966. Until the liquidation in 1982, the company sold Leyland trucks. Some were also assembled.
vehicles
The 1935 Crossley had an engine rated 10 RAC horsepower . The body was made by Kellagher & Burrington or Kellagher & Burrington .
Citroën created the Traction Avant Light 15 and DS models . At least one vehicle still exists.
Production numbers
At the beginning, around twelve Citroën were produced annually. The following shows the registration numbers of Crossley and Citroën vehicles in Ireland for the years Ashenhurst, Williams & Company assembled them.
| year | Registration numbers |
|---|---|
| 1935 | 1 |
| 1937 | 1 |
| 1951-1955 | not known |
| 1956 | 10 |
| 1957 | 4th |
| 1958 | not known |
| 1959 | not known |
| 1960 | 27 |
| 1961 | 25th |
| 1962 | 22nd |
| 1963 | not known |
| 1964 | not known |
| 1965 | 14th |
| 1966 | 8th |
| total | 112 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- ^ 1913 Telephone Directory - Belfast - Dublin - Cork (accessed December 21, 2019)